Sales catalogue 530: Maggs Bros

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/85
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 530: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WAR 1N ITALY. | 1908 BERTHIER (VICTOR LEOPOLD) French General. Chief of the Staff of the Army of Naples. Died in 1807, COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPT REPORTS AND DESPATCHES SENT BY BERTHIER FROM THE DIFFERENT HEADQUARTERS WHICH HE COMMANDED AS HEAD OF THE STAFF OF BONA- PARTE'S ARMY IN NAPLES, 1798-9, SEVERAL BEING SIGNED BY HIM. In all some 88 pp., folio, bound in.tricolour cloth. Dated from Eucca, Florence, Albano, ctc., Circa 1708-0. £18 An interesting collection of oficial Reports and Despatches, giving detailed accounts of this campaign, sent by General Berthier, chief of the staff of Bonaparte’s Army at Naples, several being signed by him. The documents comprise:— 1. Report, dated from Lucca. 20 Messidor, An. VII, giving an account of the contest and engagements made by the Army of Naples since its departure from the positions occupied in Tuscany, to its return to certain known positions. 14 pp. 2. Armies of Rome and Naples. Descriptive Report of the political, military, administrative and financial situation of the Army of Naples. 24 pp. Signed. — 3. Official Account of the new re-organisation into battalions of war from the brigades forming part of the Army, according to the order of General Moreau. Albano, ij Thermidor An. Vil. 3 pp. 4. Details of the composition of the Army of Naples, names of the companies, number of men, etc. 7 pp. Signed twice. 5. Official Copies of two letters from Berthier to the Minister of War. Florence, An. VII. Together 6 pp. 6. Résumé of the entire forces of the Army of Naples, commanded by General Macdonald. 2 pp. Signed. 7. Draft of General Orders concerning Military Movements, dated from Florence. An. IX. 44 pp.,With autograph corrections. 8. General report of the movements of the Army during the months, Ventose, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, and Messidor, An. VII. 25 pp. Signed. Victor Leopold Berthier died in 1807 when only some 37 years of age, and whilst at the height of his military career. 1969 BESANT (SIR WALTER, 1836-1901). Novelist. “THE UPWARD PRESSURE.” AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OPa Mts 5s TORY: Comprising 28 pp., 4to. Preserved in a buckram portfolio, lettered on side. £5 5s
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